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SET V 



The last survey of the currents for the season of 1927 was begun 

 June 9 on the northeastern slope of the Grand Bank near the forty- 

 eighth parallel, and developed southward to the Tail, where it was 

 completed June 25. A total of 69 stations were scattered fairly 

 equidistantly along the east slope of the Bank and out into the basin 

 as far as Flemish Cap. One station was taken well to the eastward 

 of the others, offshore near the fortieth meridian, but it was used only 



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Fig. 47.— Set IV. The distribution of cold and warm water at the 50-meter level, May 29-June 3, 1927 



for purposes of comparison with slope station data. The current 

 survey made the latter part of June is distinguished from others 

 because of the wider area it covers and also because it marks a pioneer 

 investigation of the circulation between the Grand Bank and Flemish 

 Cap. On account of the many shallow depths encountered in these 



